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Hail Satire! is talking about comedy! Hosted by Vic Shuttee, Hail Satire! has gotten interviews with some of the best in the business: stand-ups, screenwriters, directors, actors, improvisers, content creators and more! And then there's the specials: comedy brackets, best of lists, debates and discussion, live improv, original sketches and series recaps. Plus critical analysis of comic institutions like The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Saturday Night Live and the films of Christopher Guest.

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Apr 11, 2019

Being a good actor is hard enough - but to master both COMEDY and DRAMA? That should be impossible. But a set number of performers have climbed the mountain, and found success on the other sides. Scott and Vic give out Gold, Silver and Bronze to the thespians who are truly multi-faceted: where will Robin Williams, Bryan...


Jan 15, 2019

Which came first: the idea or the rip-off? When that fact is too close to call, we usually assign this phenomenon the label of TWIN MOVIES, and there have been a lot of great ones - from ANTZ vs A BUG'S LIFE, from TRANSFORMERS to GO-BOTS, and the trilogy of GREMLINS, GHOULIES and CRITTERS - this is a trend indeed. Plus,...


Oct 30, 2018

What was once a complex and varied month, October has lately turned into ONE THING: 31 days of HALLOWEEN. Well, frankly, we're sick of it. It's almost like YOU have to survive the month ITSELF! Pulling from the tropes of horror classics, Scott White breaks down the activities to avoid, the jobs to fear and the tunes to...


Jul 21, 2018

Nothing better than a classic comedy pair - Laurel and Hardy! Abbott and Costello! Cheech and Chong! Inspired by a look back at the vaudeville days, Scott and Vic discuss the best comedy duos of ALL TIME, and brainstorm frequent collaborators that maybe AUGHTA be considered classics. Plus, the boys lay down the law...


Mar 3, 2018

Inspired by a Bill Burr bit, eternally peeved Scott White asks the question? Is Hitler the Benchmark of Evil? What about the Benchmark of Genius? Or Angry? Cool? Funny? Stupid? Or, perhaps most importantly, who is the Benchmark of Fedoras? No stone is left unturned as a shaky premise is fully explored! Originally record...